title: [Epidemiological survey of dysphonia in school children. Preliminary findings].
abstract: In this article the Authors have performed a study on 318 students in Naples to estimate the incidence of the dysphonetic diseases in 6-12-18 years-old subjects. The investigation showed that 34.9% of examined patients revealed speech troubles; these troubles were more common in 6-years-old subjects. The dyslalies were the most common phonetic trouble (97.9%) with prevalence of sygmatism (87.9%). The Authors mean to extend the study on more large sample, although the results of the present study were significant.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Napoli.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ratto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Diaco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perillo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Indagine epidemiologica sulle disfonie in eta scolare. Dati preliminari.